# E17 - He Reminds Me of Someone
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"Meiji Jingu Stadium"
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The National High School
Baseball Championship
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"Game 1 | 8:30 | Estimated Start Time
Third Base Dugout | First Base Dugout
Toushu | Shimosakanishi"
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East Tokyo Tournament.
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Strike three! You're out!
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"Toushu"
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A seeded high school
is finally making an appearance.
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It has been 30 years
since the glory of that summer.
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The Meisei baseball team
that became champions
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on their first tournament is returning.
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Not your ordinary battery in the same grade,
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these brothers and their
younger sister have adventures
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in this story of love and youthful days.
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Their goal is the same:
Get to the Koshien Tournament!
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*I see a mirage of a faraway summer day*
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*Friends' voices echo*
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*All these people walking*
*around with eyes downcast*
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*Were boys once too--didn't*
*recognize them, did you?*
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*If I close my eyes tight*
*on the field after the rain*
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*I see the same blue sky*
*I lost myself in that day*
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*Maybe today is what I was looking at then*
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*The heavens so cloudless*
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*Versus, let's face each*
*other under the same sky*
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*Guess what, past boy--I'm fighting hard, too*
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"Game 2 | 11:00 | Estimated Start Time
Third Base Dugout | First Base Dugout
Seinan | Takeoka"
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Strike!
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For your reference, I'll just say this.
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We won't be facing Seinan
unless we make it to the finals.
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Then make it to the finals.
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Keep this in mind.
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To do that, we need to defeat
top-seeded Toushu who won
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"Game 1
Toushu 11
Shimosakanishi 0"
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the last game in five innings
due to the mercy rule.
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Then defeat them.
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Well sure, that's true, but...
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Our team has too many weaknesses
compared to a seeded team.
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I'm not telling you
to win ten out of ten games.
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You just need to beat them once.
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It's not rock-paper-scissors. It'll be tough.
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To win by chance in a nine-inning game.
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Are you the type that
will contradict everything I say?
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It is the catcher's job to always calmly
judge the team's situation.
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I kind of realized this already,
but it sounds like we can't get along.
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Huh?
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"He Reminds Me of Someone"
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Ah, now wait a minute.
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They say that with couples,
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complete opposites get along
better than those who are alike.
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What do you mean couple?
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Relationships within the
club are prohibited...
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"Takeoka"
"Seinan"
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Darn it!
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I was trying for a no-hitter,
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but now it's no more than a reference record.
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Stop being so picky!
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Go out and greet the other team.
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Yeah.
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Due to the seven-inning mercy rule, Seinan!
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Thank you very much!
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What?! No way.
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The game's over because
you took your sweet time!
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But think about it.
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There's a good chance that we could meet
Saijyou, playing the next game, in the finals.
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Well, never mind that.
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We're here, so let's find a seat.
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"Meisei High School"
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What is Nangou complaining
to the manager about?
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Why, that's obvious.
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It's because the manager sent Souichirou
to watch the game with Haruka.
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But that's obvious, when considering
who's better at collecting data.
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Yeah, we're all in agreement.
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With the exception of that guy.
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"Takamidai Station North Entrance"
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They're back! Haruka and Souichirou!
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Give it a rest! How will
we know until we try?!
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Like I said, baseball isn't a
game of rock-paper-scissors!
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I know they're different! That's obvious!
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Then why do you keep saying
what you can't be sure of?
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Ah! Forget it!
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If I continue talking with you,
I may end up hating baseball.
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Hey! Wait a minute!
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What's gotten into him?
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Never mind and get changed.
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Right away.
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I've never seen that before.
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A girl being fed up with Souichirou.
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You're right.
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Are you praying for help?
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Oh! Souichirou, welcome back.
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Look! A treasure of our baseball team!
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It's the ball signed by all players
on the national championship team.
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So, what request did you
make to the treasure?
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The round of 16,
or possibly the quarterfinals.
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Am I asking for too much?
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I can't believe they're father and daughter.
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Huh?
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Oh. Sorry.
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The hose was coming loose,
so I tried to stop it.
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I can't use my left arm, after all.
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You did that on purpose.
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What are you saying?
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If I did it on purpose,
I'd make an effort not to get myself wet!
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As a catcher, you need
to calmly judge the situation.
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Hey!
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I can't drink so many!
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I heard you went to see
the game of a seeded high school.
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Yeah. I thought we'd get there
in time for the Seinan game,
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but the game ended when we arrived.
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Right. But I thought you wouldn't be facing
Seinan unless you made it to the finals.
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You're right.
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Then we'll make it to the finals.
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But to do that, we must
get past top-seeded Toushu...
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Then we'll defeat them.
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Touma dear! Hurry and take your bath!
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OK!
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If it's a tournament where the
seeded schools proceed as expected,
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that wouldn't be any fun, would it?
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We'll add great excitement!
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If Meisei High School defeats Toushu.
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That's true.
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Then we face Seinan.
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You'd better be ready to face us, Nishimura.
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--Yeah, I'll be waiting.
--Touma dear! Your bath!
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First, you get ready with a bath.
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OK!
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He's so full of promise.
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So he's also the rock-paper-scissors type.
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Huh?
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We're not alike.
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Who?
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Touma and me.
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Yeah, your personalities
are completely different.
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♪ On a journey. ♪
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--♪ Visiting Suruga Province
with the scent of green tea. ♪
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--At first, we used to fight all the time, didn't we?
--♪ Visiting Suruga Province
with the scent of green tea. ♪
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--You're right.
--♪ Visiting Suruga Province
with the scent of green tea. ♪
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But...
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We get along pretty well, don't we?
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What are you talking about?
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It's not just "pretty well."
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If you ask me, you get
along the best in the country!
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Both as brothers, and as a battery.
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Good.
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It'll be fine.
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What will?
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Good.
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Mother, are we throwing out this garbage?
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Hold on! That's not garbage.
Take a closer look.
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I am taking a closer look.
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Your father says he wants to fold
one thousand cranes to wish you two luck
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so I'm showing him how.
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They're cranes?
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I'd say I see three
that kind of look like cranes.
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Far from one thousand, we have three cranes.
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"Meisei"
"Sankou"
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You'll be covering the same topic?
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What's wrong with that?
Take a defiant attitude.
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"Ramen Dragon"
"Chinese Food"
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Half-hearted tricks will
only make you look bad.
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"Nagisa Tsukikage"
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Also, I doubt people
are placing much hope on you.
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No longer, at this stage.
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"Ms. Nagisa's Life Counseling"
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I see. Any comments, anonymous Mr. A?
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Was the advice of Ms. Tsukikage helpful?
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"Nagisa Tsukikage"
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I'm so sorry.
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To give such a bold statement, even though
I know little about high school baseball manga.
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--That's fine! Thank you
very much, Ms. Tsukikage.
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--I'm positive I've met
this lady before somewhere.
--That's fine! Thank you very much, Ms. Tsukikage.
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--I'm positive I've met
this lady before somewhere.
--Anonymous Mr. A.
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--She seems to be on TV a lot lately.
--Anonymous Mr. A.
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--She seems to be on TV a lot lately.
--I'm sure this advice will become
very useful in the manga you create.
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--I hear she's a popular novelist.
--I'm sure this advice will become
very useful in the manga you create.
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Oh?
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Speaking of high school baseball,
I trust there are passionate games
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taking place across the country today
as teams try to make it to Koshien.
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Kiss my butt, I say.
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Huh?!
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Oh. No, I said nothing.
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Let's go to commercial!
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So, what should I have?
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I'm sorry, sir. We're closed.
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Huh?!
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"Ramen Dragon"
"Chinese Food"
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But come on, you just opened...
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Shut up! Get lost! Now!
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"Get lost"?
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And don't come back!
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What?
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Ball!
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What's this? He's not that great.
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Have confidence.
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There's no need to be
intimidated by a pitcher like that.
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Yes, sir!
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Is the opposing manager all right?
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He's struggling to stand upright.
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That's Manager Ekoda.
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He's a great veteran, leading
Sankou High School for over 30 years.
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The team's been to Koshien twice.
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They're a traditional high school
posting a decent record every year.
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They're not among the seeded high schools,
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but they're said to be fielding
the best team in years.
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They're particularly proud
of the power of their cleanup hitter.
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Hmm...
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And who gathered that information for you?
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Huh?
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Well, excuse me.
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Ball! Ball four!
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I think the opposing manager isn't
the only one barely standing on his feet.
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I hear he pitched an impressive game
in his previous outing.
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Today, he seems to be struggling
to find the plate to begin with.
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Right, Morishima?
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Oh, the name's Kondou.
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Oh! Right, of course!
Morishima quit two years ago, didn't he?
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Actually, three years ago.
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This. And this. And this.
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Hit batsman!
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No outs, runners on first and second.
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And now their pride, the cleanup hitter.
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He's only in his first year, after all.
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His failure to properly prepare for
a game will prove to be a good lesson.
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Right, Watanabe?
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The name's Kondou.
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I'm kidding! I'm kidding!
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Now, this is where
we show off our lineup's hitting!
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You guys are the best
team we've had in years.
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Have confidence.
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There's no need to be
intimidated by a pitcher like that.
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Yes, sir!
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Now, upon submitting your
test answers, as tradition has it,
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we'll announce the
top five students of our class.
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What?!
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How about it, Otomi?
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Well, I think I did pretty good.
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OK!
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What?
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Oh.
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She's even got bags under her eyes.
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Although I doubt there's
anything to worry about.
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Because that person's rarely
been in the top five until now.
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First place, Arisa Mita.
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Huh?
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Yes!
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Calm down. There's no need to stand up.
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And stop that victory pose.
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Second place, Otomi Tachibana.
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Yes!
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Why must you stand up again right now?
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Third place, Ryou Akai.
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Fourth place, Jiro Yamada.
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Fifth place, Miyuki Kashima.
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With this test, the class
average was better than usual.
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The top three scores were
especially very close.
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As your homeroom teacher,
I must say I'm very pleased.
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Now, we'll continue with class.
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Who has gone right to sleep in my class?!
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It's first place Mita.
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Huh?
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That girl.
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She may be a much more
incredible person than we think.
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Well, that's enough talk
about a test we finished.
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Aren't you concerned about
the game your brothers are playing?
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You didn't catch a cold today?
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I contacted the homeroom
teacher this morning.
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He threatened to post my test score
if I didn't come to school.
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Our teacher knew all along.
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So you're concerned about
how the game's going, right?
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There's no need to worry about Tou today.
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Because he said his shoulder
was feeling really light this morning.
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Huh?
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Since grade school, on game days
he left saying stuff like that,
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he'd hardly give up any hits.
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Really?
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Ball!
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Ball four!
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Would you cut it out?! You've been
putting runners on base every inning.
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Come on. They got on base due
to errors in the second and fourth.
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Even that has to do with the
lack of rhythm in your pitching.
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Thanks to that, it's even
affecting our offense.
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We're hitting the ball well,
but directly at someone.
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That's strange.
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I'm feeling great.
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It looks like he'll self-destruct for us.
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That pitcher.
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You're right. But...
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Ah, no, it's nothing.
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By the way, that pitcher...
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I think I've seen him somewhere.
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Strike three! You're out!
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Out!
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We place runners in scoring
position almost every inning,
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but we can't get that next hit.
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Next hit?
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We haven't had any hits yet.
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"Meisei"
"Sankou"
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Come on, what are you worrying about?
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We have our best team in years.
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In our previous game,
in the seventh inning...
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We had twelve hits.
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That's right! Twelve hits and nine runs.
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The teams I put together
always focus on offense.
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I've been managing for over 30 years.
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We may have been shut out,
but we've never lost with no hits.
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Never in a no-hitter!
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Strike!
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Huh? Did you say, never?
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Yes! If you think I'm
lying, check the records.
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I've always had great
confidence in my memory.
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"History of the
Sankou High School Baseball Team"
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Strike!
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"Meisei"
"Sankou"
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Two innings are plenty!
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After all, you guys
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are the best team we've had in years.
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Yes, sir!
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I'm positive he reminds me of someone.
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That pitcher.
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"1986
East Tokyo Tournament Semifinal
Sankou High School 0-6 Meisei High School"
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I get it now.
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"Meisei"
"Sankou"
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No need to panic.
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We can easily turn the tables in one inning.
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Have confidence.
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There's no need to be
intimidated by a pitcher like that.
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Yes, sir...
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Strike three! You're out!
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Over 30 years of managing experience.
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Strike!
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We may have been shut out,
but we've never lost with no hits...
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Strike three! You're out!
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"Meisei"
"Sankou"
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One more out! One more out! One more out!
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"Meisei"
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Strike three! You're out!
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Do you remember now?
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"Meisei High School"
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"Hits"
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"Uesugi"
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Next time, on *MIX*.
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Hi, Otomi? What are you doing today?
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We were supposed to practice,
but with this rain it got canceled.
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I was wondering what you're doing.
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Are you doing anything now?
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I know it's raining, but we have
the day off, so let's go somewhere.
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It's probably too sudden. Yeah, I agree.
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--But if you're not against the idea...
--Otomi! This call's for you!
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"On a Rainy Day Like Today"
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Huh?
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Next time, "On a Rainy Day Like Today."
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Oh, Otomi's mother? Is Otomi there?
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"To be continued"
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